Hat-pin.



M. L. BAGLEY.

HAT PIN. I APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28 1910.

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MARION LOUISE BAGLEY, OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.

HAT-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 1911.

Application filed June 28, 1910. Serial No. 569,276.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LMARION LOUISE BAGLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Alameda, in the county of Alameda and State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pins, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in hat-pins and particularly toimprovements in hat-pins having combined with the pointed end portionthereof a cap which acts as a guard or shield and which prevents theloss of the pin; and an object of this invention is to provide a hat-pinof the character just described which will be simple in construction,relatively cheap in manufacture and most efficient in use.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of this invention and thebest mode now known to me of applying that principle, Figure 1 is anelevation of my new hat-pin, the loss-preventing sheath or case beingshown in section; and Fig. 2 is an end view of the sheath.

Referring to the drawings, the body portion a of the pin is provided atone end with a head or knob b of any suitable form, preferablyornamental for the sake of appearance. The other end of the pin is splitor divided to form the branches 0 which meet to form a' point cl. Eachof these branches is formed with a perforation e and is curved outwardlyso that the branches form a sort of oval-shaped enlargement. As is shownby the dotted lines in Fig. 1, the branches may be pressed toward eachother. It is to be observed that these branches are accessible fromwithout the sheath or cap f, which will now be described.

The capf is a shell-like case or sheath adapted to be slipped over thepointed end of the pin and is formed with a trumpetshaped mouth 9. Theflaring shape of the latter facilitates the insertion of the pointed endof the pin. The inner wall of the cap f is formed near the mouth thereofwith a pair of studs IL adapted to engage in the holes a in the branches0. The latter are resilient and may be released from their engagementwith the studs h by pressing them toward each other as is indicated bythe dotted lines in Fig. 1. As shown in the latter figure, the point ofthe pin reaches the bottom of the sheath, when the holes 6 in thebranches a register with the studs h. This makes the positioning of thesheath on the pin more easily and readily accon'iplished.

I claim:

The combination of a hat pin the penetrating end of which is formed witha pair of outwardly curved branches which diverge from the shank of thehat pin and then converge and meet in a sharp point, each of saidbranches being formed with a hole; and a sheath having a pair of studswhich project inwardly from its interior wall and are arranged to entersaid holes when the hat pin is forced home into its said sheath; saidbranches being resilient and accessible from without said sheath, whenthe latter is in place and the hat-pin is forced home, and the distancebetween said holes being greater than the distance between the opposedinner ends of said studs.

Signed at Alameda, California, this 7th day of June, 1910, in thepresence of the two undersigned witnesses.

MARION LOUISE BAGLEY.

\Vitnesses MARY L. J UDD, THos. HJJUDD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

